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Crim. voleur à l'escalade; monte-en-l'air [désuet]English-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > cat burglar
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cat [kæt]1 noun∎ I'm not really a cat person je n'aime pas beaucoup les chats;∎ to let the cat out of the bag révéler un secret par mégarde;∎ to be like a cat on a hot tin roof or British on hot bricks être sur des charbons ardents;∎ there isn't enough room to swing a cat il n'y a pas la place de se retourner;∎ he looked like something the cat brought or dragged in il ne ressemblait à rien;∎ has the cat got your tongue? tu as perdu ta langue?;∎ to fight like cat and dog se battre comme des chiffonniers;∎ familiar to be the cat's pyjamas être génial;∎ British to put or to set the cat among the pigeons jeter un pavé dans la mare;∎ to play (a game of) cat and mouse with sb jouer au chat et à la souris avec qn;∎ British to wait for the cat to jump or to see which way the cat will jump attendre de voir d'où vient le vent;∎ proverb when the cat's away the mice will play quand le chat n'est pas là les souris dansent;∎ proverb a cat may look at a king un chien regarde bien un évêque∎ what a cool cat! vraiment cool, ce type!►► cat burglar monte-en-l'air m inv;cat burglary vol m de nuit à l'escalade;cat door chatière f;the cat family les félidés mpl;cat flap chatière f;cat food (UNCOUNT) nourriture f pour chats;familiar cat's lick toilette f de chat, brin m de toilette;∎ to give oneself or have a cat's lick se laver le bout du nez, faire une toilette de chat;cat litter litière f (pour chats);cat litter tray bac m à litière;Radio cat's whisker chercheur m (de détecteur à galène);∎ familiar he thinks he's the cat's whiskers il se prend pour le nombril du monde
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